Patents by Inventor Daniel McMenamin

Daniel McMenamin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240153320
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a test rover apparatus, a test system and a test method using the test rover apparatus. For example, the test rover apparatus is provided with a chassis that is configured to support an object representing a mobile actor, and a motor that is coupled to at least one wheel. At least one spring is coupled between the at least one wheel and the chassis to: bias the at least one wheel to extend out of the cavity to engage an underlying surface, and compress in response to a load being applied to the top of the chassis thereby retracting the at least one wheel into the cavity. A controller is configured to control the motor to drive the at least one wheel to propel the chassis along a predetermined route that is based on simulation data and corresponds to a maneuver of the mobile actor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel MCMENAMIN, JR., Raymond LEONARD, Michael BRANDL, Timothy RIGGS, Sean William SHAWGO, Dustin Ryan YAUTZ
  • Publication number: 20240117753
    Abstract: A method is provided for an engine. During this method, a saturation current of a gas flow is measured. The gas flow includes combustion products generated by the engine. The saturation current is monitored to determine presence of debris entrained within the gas flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jeremiah C. Lee, Daniel McMenamin, Alek Gavrilovski
  • Patent number: 11952905
    Abstract: A method is provided for an engine. During this method, a saturation current of a gas flow is measured. The gas flow includes combustion products generated by the engine. The saturation current is monitored to determine presence of debris entrained within the gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeremiah C. Lee, Daniel McMenamin, Alek Gavrilovski
  • Publication number: 20240100296
    Abstract: A package for a medical device such as an intermittent catheter has a case and a cap connected by threads. The case includes a hollow tube which is closed at one end and open at the other. A shoulder is formed near one end of the case. Above the shoulder is a cylindrical ferrule that includes external threads. The cap has internal threads selectably engageable with the threads on the ferrule to form a liquid-tight seal between the cap and case when the cap is installed on the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel E. O'Brien, Vincent Naughton, Martin McMenamin, Joseph N. Hanley, David A. Knauz, Martin P. Creaven, Stephen Collum, Jeanne E. Lee, Siobhan Duffy, Marine Veronique Germaine Richard, Eugene Canavan, Daniel A. March
  • Publication number: 20240052757
    Abstract: A method of inspecting blades of a gas turbine engine for abnormalities includes projecting light from a light source into an illumination area; utilizing a sensor to record data of at least one reflection of the projected light from a blade that is part of a gas turbine engine and is disposed in the illumination area; determining, based on the recorded data, whether the blade is abnormal; and based on the determining indicating that the blade is abnormal, providing a blade abnormality notification. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Jeremiah C. Lee, Daniel McMenamin, Janet Shaw
  • Publication number: 20230342424
    Abstract: An inlet debris monitoring includes processing circuitry configured to: obtain a data set of electrostatic charge data from an electrostatic sensor; utilize a dimensional reduction technique to obtain a first set of basis vectors that represent the data set in a reduced dimensional space that is reduced with respect to initial dimensions of the data set; utilize the first set of basis vectors or a second set of reference basis vectors which are based on historical electrostatic charge data for one or more reference gas turbine engines, to project the data set onto the reduced dimensional space and obtain a reduced dimensional representation of the data set; utilize machine learning to determine whether the reduced dimensional representation of the data set indicates foreign object debris in the particular gas turbine engine; and based on the determination indicating detection of foreign object debris, provide a foreign object debris notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremiah C. Lee, Alek Gavrilovski, Parakrama Herath, Daniel McMenamin